Hello Embozheadz, Bill has asked me to post an update about my long in the making Embarrassment documentary tentatively titled We Were Famous, so here you...
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Dan Rouser
danrouser
Mar 5, 2008 2:27 am
Turning to fans to finance CD By DAVID BAUDER, AP Entertainment WriterMon Mar 3, 6:00 PM ET In making six CDs, singer Jill Sobule has worked for two major...
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stockextra
Mar 5, 2008 2:58 pm
... Cyber busking??? She really oughta get a graphic of an open guitar case with a bunch of change rattling around inside it. I'd be more tempted to pay her...
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bkelly272@...
Mar 6, 2008 10:47 am
Jill Sobule? I get these hip one-hit wonders confused. Was she the one with the Popeye song (what I yam is what I am? I know she wasn't Lisa "More Than A...
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Joe and Jennifer Foga...
jfogartyvn
Mar 6, 2008 2:40 pm
$54,000 so far? That's $54,000 worth of gullible imho. Wonder what the terms of investment are, the rate of return, or is she just asking for a handout? If...
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ed_oleo
Mar 6, 2008 4:56 pm
I think that the previous postings missed the point of the article in Dan's post. I think that he was suggesting a way for Embro fans to help finance the Embro...
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stockextra
Mar 7, 2008 2:00 pm
... I guess I missed that. Did someone post that notion previously? Anyway ... I could use a few bucks to knock out another CD too then, awright? Who's in? :-)...
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dan fetherston
danfethersto...
Mar 7, 2008 2:51 pm
Hey Guys, I took Rouser's post to mean this as well - a way for fans to raise money to see a project that they find worthwhile to completion - and not about...
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Dan Rouser
danrouser
Mar 7, 2008 4:18 pm
That is correct. dan fetherston <danfetherston2009@...> wrote: Hey Guys, I took Rouser's post to mean this as well - a way...
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Dan Rouser
danrouser
Mar 7, 2008 4:21 pm
Yes, thanks. Dan. ... I guess I missed that. Did someone post that notion previously? Anyway ... I could use a few bucks to knock out another CD too then, ...
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jtouhill
Mar 11, 2008 8:14 pm
I'm guessing, Ed, that you mean "Embo" fans/movie/video and footage of "Celebrity Art Party". ... in ... Fans ... in ... some ... Party", "The...
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ed_oleo
Mar 12, 2008 5:04 pm
(About Embo videos) I was saying that I would pay to see good quality versions of the videos that have been on YouTube and Google video. Shown on a video ...
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john barrick
tezuka27
Mar 13, 2008 3:17 am
... Was that at the Uptown? I saw them there in what I thought was '83, but I don't remember the embos opening. johnb...
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ed_oleo
Mar 13, 2008 1:34 pm
JohnB, The info that I have on the recording is sketchy and I didn't attend the show, it was taped by a fan with one of those early camcorder camera and...
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jtouhill
Mar 13, 2008 2:28 pm
No problem, Ed. I was just clarifying the "Embro" and "Celebrate Life Party" typos in your previous posting. Jamie ... The ... City ... footage ... article ...
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Mike Wahweotten
mikewahweotten
Mar 13, 2008 5:45 pm
... According to my records, the Embos played at the Uptown with the English Beat Aug. 25, 1982. If this group allows attachments, I've included a reduced jpg...
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john barrick
tezuka27
Mar 13, 2008 10:19 pm
Thanks, Mike (and Ed) - how mortifying - I was there and still don't remember them opening (certainly a larger venue than I was used to seeing them in). It...
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Jim Rosencutter
jimrosencutter
Mar 14, 2008 1:10 am
Hell, I was running sound and I don't remember it. Must have been some good weed going around that night....
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john barrick
tezuka27
Mar 14, 2008 5:19 am
... well, Jim - it appears that I'm in good company then....
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yippee4742
Mar 14, 2008 11:13 am
We played with the English Beat? Wwowwww, man. -Bill...
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john barrick
tezuka27
Mar 14, 2008 12:14 pm
Thanks, Bill. I feel better already. johnb...
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stockextra
Mar 14, 2008 2:04 pm
Hmm ... I have absolutely zero recollection of such an event. Weird. d.hitchcock, feelin' older than dirt...
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Thomas Hoyt
tph4embos
Mar 16, 2008 12:06 am
Well, I recall seeing the Embos at the Uptown and seeing the English Beat there also. Do to the amount of water under the bridge since then, I couldn't swear...
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Matthew Wall
matt_wall_of_pa
Mar 16, 2008 1:18 am
Somewhat tangentially, I saw the Beat play on that tour in '82-'83 at Oberlin college (I had to drive a memorable rainswept country road to get there). The...
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Matthew Wall
matt_wall_of_pa
Mar 16, 2008 1:59 am
OK, looked it up on the web, the show was: 9 April 1983 - Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH supporting:The English Beat I couldn't find a similar...
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Cinna
cinna829
Mar 17, 2008 4:31 am
I was at that show, and I actually remember some things about it. Well, two things about it. I remember I was very excited that the Embos were playing at the ...
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stockextra
Mar 17, 2008 2:06 pm
Thanks, Cinna! That was a joy to read. d.hitchcock...
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warmtwinkie
Mar 17, 2008 5:50 pm
y'all aren't talking about the uptown in minneapolis, are ya? there are probably several "uptowns" in this country... michelle...
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jtouhill
Mar 17, 2008 6:16 pm
Hello all, Arriving in my mailbox today was a copy of a 3-disc CD package called 'Supercluster', which is a great new retrospective of re- mastered songs by...
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john barrick
tezuka27
Mar 17, 2008 10:35 pm
Nope - 37th & Broadway, Kansas City, MO (or thereabouts - maybe 36th & Broadway). The Stage Door Bar was right next to the Uptown Theater. The uptown had been...
